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and working with it for a week or so, I was easily able to use it without taking my eyes off the monitor. It just took time for my brain to memorize where the dials and buttons are, but now it’s really fast. Q: How did Loupedeck make a difference to your editing? For me the Loupedeck made two big differences in my editing process. One being speed and the other is simultaneously looking at the image while using the sliders or brushes. For me the Loupedeck shaved off time in a lot of areas, whether that’s replacing a hotkey with a single button or dial, or being able to create my own custom buttons, it saves time in small increments that add up over the long run. The other area, being able to simultaneously look at the image while using the sliders or brushes when I’m color correcting my images is a huge improvement over using the software and mouse. It’s just a lot more fluid for me, I’m not as concerned with the numbers on the panels anymore as I am now with how the images look while I’m adjusting. I also use a lot of adjustment brushes and masks, so being able to control the size and feather of the brush with the dials on the Loupedeck makes the experience a lot more like using a Wacom tablet, instead of mashing the keyboard all day long. Q: A lot of your final images are composites – how has the Loupedeck CT made the composite editing process for easier for you? Again, I use a lot of brushes to create masks for compositing images, but also to do local adjustments making the image brighter or darker in areas. Being able to control the size and feather of the brush without having to mash the keyboard all day is a huge difference. It’s faster and less cumbersome. I also loath taking my hand off my mouse when I’m compositing, and I feel like I rarely have to do that at all now while using the Loupedeck. Q: You create a lot of food videos and commercials as well. How has the Loupedeck CT affected your video editing workflow and made the editing process easier? For me it’s the simple things, like scrubbing through my timeline, moving